Description:

Medium-large rosefinch with stubby or bulbous bill and notched tail. Male has red head, breast and rump. Female has streaked upperparts and underparts, and double wing-bar. Migrant species have less red in male, and female is less heavily streaked, compared with resident ones.

Distribution:

Common summer visitor to valleys and breeding areas allover Gilgit-Baltistan. Inhabits streamside willows, rock and scrub, bush-covered slopes and open conifer forest up to 4000m; winters in open wooded country, bushes and cultivation.

Behavior:

Forages on the ground, in grasses and bushes or low herb vegetation; also perches and forages at all levels in trees when feeding on buds or fruit; hops on ground. Feeds mostly on plant and tree seeds, buds, catkins, shoots, leaves, fruit and berries, also nectar; also insects and larvae and other arthropods.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Common Rosefinch in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Common Rosefinch

Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)

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